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Cana, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Chico census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95973. The Survey maps it on the Nord quadrangle. It stands 167 feet above sea level.

Cana within Butte County

Then and now

1891 to 1980

The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Cana, surveyed 1980
Topographic sheet of Cana, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 27 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

169 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 169 fires within 5 miles of Cana between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,561 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Equipment and vehicle use62
Missing data/not specified/undetermined44
Debris and open burning37
Arson/incendiarism8
Smoking6
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreButte UnitMERIDIAN RD NORD
8 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreButte UnitRIVER
8 September 1992Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresButte UnitDEER
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSacramento River National Wildlife RefugeBALLARD
6 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreButte UnitMERIDIAN
5 September 1995Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresButte Unit99 M
5 September 1995Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreButte UnitJALISCOS1
4 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresButte UnitANITA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Butte County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Cana: 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Chromium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Pine ConeChromiumOccurrence
Pine Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Butte County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Anita2.2 miles27
Soto (historical)2.9 miles18
Merrills Landing3.6 miles18
Nord4.6 miles27
Michopdo (historical)10.5 miles28
Chico11.3 miles28
Richardson Springs11.5 miles28
Barber12.1 miles28

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on CanaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5029145The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1723789. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.